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GHSA-QVR7-GW3M-PMF7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 18:30 – Updated: 2026-08-22 18:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

The zero-copy path validates TX metadata while obtaining the descriptor context, then reads it again later when preparing the hardware request. User space can change the metadata between those operations and bypass the original validation.

Validate the metadata in xsk_tx_metadata_request() and use the resulting flags snapshot for every feature check. Read request fields once so all zero-copy drivers process only values observed after successful validation.

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CVE-2026-74707 (GCVE-0-2026-74707)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-22 15:33

Title

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: validate metadata when processing requests The zero-copy path validates TX metadata while obtaining the descriptor context, then reads it again later when preparing the hardware request. User space can change the metadata between those operations and bypass the original validation. Validate the metadata in xsk_tx_metadata_request() and use the resulting flags snapshot for every feature check. Read request fields once so all zero-copy drivers process only values observed after successful validation.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fd121971912dee2f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cc7aa6e0d19027fd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/849b1664dbda1cf6c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < 5fd121971912dee2f5af1efec64462ac722deb17 (git) Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < 0cc7aa6e0d19027fdd42e6fbd156267ac1e3bbba (git) Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < 849b1664dbda1cf6c63e0fd4f9dec23782b8c851 (git) Affected: d9d736c416c9a85f84e15435ba82a177262e745b (git) Affected: 6.14.2 , < 6.15 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.15 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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